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05-28-2009, 05:35 PM
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4mm, a company that was recently formed from some former Rockstar folks, has announced their first game called Def Jam Rapstar. Now, before you immediately say "OH CRAP NEW DEF JAM FIGHTING GAME (hopefully its in the vein of the ones before Icon)," it's nothing like them at all. Instead, it appears to be some hip hop rapping karaoke game. IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/987/987308p1.html) has an interview with 4mm where they talk about it a bit.
As with any music name, the artists and tracks included are always crucial to its appeal. While we couldn't get anything resembling a track list, Wirtzer provided a little bit of information. "Our Def Jam Interactive entity is actually a separate division from the record company. In all of our games in the past and especially in this current title, we are leveraging hip-hop songs from all across the board. We're targeting songs from all of the various record labels to ensure there's a full representation."
Perrett added, "If I had a grandma who was into a particular type of hip-hop song, I want to know that I've got that as much as the one that my fourteen year old nephew is listening to."
I'd personally rather have Def Jam Fight for NY for the 360 or PS3... or any game based on the Aki wrestling system. Those games were off the chain, yo.
4mm, a company that was recently formed from some former Rockstar folks, has announced their first game called Def Jam Rapstar. Now, before you immediately say "OH CRAP NEW DEF JAM FIGHTING GAME (hopefully its in the vein of the ones before Icon)," it's nothing like them at all. Instead, it appears to be some hip hop rapping karaoke game. IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/987/987308p1.html) has an interview with 4mm where they talk about it a bit.
As with any music name, the artists and tracks included are always crucial to its appeal. While we couldn't get anything resembling a track list, Wirtzer provided a little bit of information. "Our Def Jam Interactive entity is actually a separate division from the record company. In all of our games in the past and especially in this current title, we are leveraging hip-hop songs from all across the board. We're targeting songs from all of the various record labels to ensure there's a full representation."
Perrett added, "If I had a grandma who was into a particular type of hip-hop song, I want to know that I've got that as much as the one that my fourteen year old nephew is listening to."
I'd personally rather have Def Jam Fight for NY for the 360 or PS3... or any game based on the Aki wrestling system. Those games were off the chain, yo.